FWIW, I would support backporting this. It is a behavioral change for sure, but it changes unexpected behavior to expected behavior.
Discussion on this bug, bug 1929072 and bug 1664585 mentioned in comment #21, and the general list discussion referenced in 1929072:
http://list.evergreen-ils.org/pipermail/evergreen-general/2021-May/000524.html
all reinforce that the current behavior is unexpected and leads to confusion.
FWIW, I would support backporting this. It is a behavioral change for sure, but it changes unexpected behavior to expected behavior.
Discussion on this bug, bug 1929072 and bug 1664585 mentioned in comment #21, and the general list discussion referenced in 1929072:
http:// list.evergreen- ils.org/ pipermail/ evergreen- general/ 2021-May/ 000524. html
all reinforce that the current behavior is unexpected and leads to confusion.